Tammy Baldwin

I think we have made great progress.

When our servicemen and -women return from serving their country, they and their families deserve the peace of mind that they will have all the resources they need to thrive upon their return.

Veterans do not want to hear about new programs or new processes. They really want results, and so do I.

The dual twin challenges. You want to attack one without frustrating progress on the other.

Budgets truly are a statement of our values and our priorities as Americans.

I want to see us develop a budget that truly holds true to the belief that in America everybody gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share.

We think that the high unemployment rate is primarily the effect of businesses not hiring.

I believe that we have to face both of these challenges head on and address them in a bold yet balanced way.

The waivers are not adequate substitutes for ESEA reauthorization, which is 5 years overdue.

ESEA needs to be reauthorized by Congress this year to provide the stability and long-term vision our education system needs.

I believe a quality education is the basic right of every American.

I believe that every child deserves a high quality, free, K through 12 education.

A report by the Joint Economic Committee released this week, chaired by our colleague on this committee, Senator Casey, states that for women over 65 years of age, Social Security accounts for two-thirds of their total income.

I'm deeply concerned about some of the statistics from my home State of Wisconsin, the number of citizens who rely solely on Social Security as a source of income once they retire.

I also appreciate my colleague, Senator Murphy, for talking about some of the issues that we're not grappling with here today, stagnant wages, et cetera, as we look at the health of our middle class.

I would like to see every medical school have a workforce plan.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, thank you for the focus of this hearing.

I appreciate the attention that is going to be focused on it.

One of the ways that we've already seen expansion of access to care... is the provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows young people to stay on their parents' health insurance until they're 26.

Around 200,000 Wisconsinites could gain Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion should our Governor make that decision.

The Mental Health Parity Act and the Affordable Care Act both take important steps to make this vision a reality.

Ensuring access to quality and affordable healthcare has been and will always continue to be a very high priority of mine.

Those 200,000 people in Wisconsin deserve the certainty of knowing that quality and affordable care will be there for them.

Over 200,000 Wisconsinites could gain Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion.

I believe it is crucially important that our State expand the coverage.